http://nycivilrights.org/letter-to-dr-doris-kearns-goodwin-following-meet-the-press-gaffe The Voice of Sanity About Race & Civil Rights Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://nycivilrights.org/letter-to-dr-doris-kearns-goodwin-following-meet-the-press-gaffe#comment-251 Mike Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:23:35 +0000 http://nycivilrights.org/?p=585#comment-251 When I first heard the news about Trayvon Martin, I suddenly bcamee very infuriated. I was so upset and had so many emotions that I didn’t know what to do. I immediately spoke to my sister because I needed to get this off my chest. I knew I wanted to help in some way possible. So I spread the word any way I could. Through facebook, by phone, the clothes I wore, signed petitions and even went to rallies to show my support that justice needed to be served. I think one reason this case has made a huge impact on me was because I heard Trayvon’s last cries and plead for help on the recordings. For it to be 2012 and things like this are still happening, is what scares me the most. I believe that not only should African Americans be concerned about this case but all races should be concerned because it could have been any one of us but a different situation. And like Trayvon, we would want someone fighting for our justice because at the end of the day human beings want to know that they matter. Although justice won’t bring Trayvon back, it would give his family and the people some closure to know that Zimmerman is one less dangerous person roaming the streets.

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